This may work as a strategy for a VC-backed startup, where you just throw money into resources to create the largest possible gravity for your product, and solve the technical debt by growing your team once you have a critical (paying) userbase.
But how would this work when there's no money to throw around, your product is free and every contributor is actually a volunteer who still needs to earn his living elsewhere?
This may work as a strategy for a VC-backed startup, where you just throw money into resources to create the largest possible gravity for your product, and solve the technical debt by growing your team once you have a critical (paying) userbase.
But how would this work when there's no money to throw around, your product is free and every contributor is actually a volunteer who still needs to earn his living elsewhere?